ventral root

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ventral root

n.
Either of the two roots of a spinal nerve, consisting of motor fibers and arising from the anterior section of the spinal cord.
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Noun1.ventral root - one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
anterior horn, anterior root, ventral horn
efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
nervus spinalis, spinal nerve - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
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